Se connecterLila stopped pacing finally, staring at me with a mixture of anger and concern.“So what now?”I looked toward the window slowly.“At halftime,” I said, “I’m going back to Riko’s penthouse.”Her eyes widened again. “Absolutely not!”“I have to.”“Aria—”“I think this entire Luna exchange for us and
Aria.I stared at myself in the mirror and hated everything I saw.The orange jersey clung loosely to my body, the bold foxes colors making my stomach twist every time I looked at them. But it wasn’t the colors I hated most.It was the words stretched across my chest.PROPERTY OF FOXBRIDGE.Every ti
“I wonder how he’ll react when he finds out that his little mate is a traitor.”My chest tightened painfully.“That it was your information that led us to his mother.”Tears burned my eyes immediately.“That because of you, we know exactly how many scouts Ravencrest has stationed across the borders.
Aria.I shoved Riko away angrily, wiping the blood off my lips as I glared at him.“What makes you think I’m going to do anything for you?” I snapped.My voice shook with anger and fear, but I forced myself to hold his gaze anyway.“You drugged me,” I continued, my chest rising unevenly. “You kidnap
My stomach twisted.“Alpha Elias has Kai’s mother,” he continued.Shock hit me so hard I physically stepped backward.“No.”The word left me immediately as my heart thumped loudly in my chest. They had Kai’s mother, the Luna of Ravencrest.Riko’s smirk deepened.“Yes.”I shook my head quickly, tryin
Aria.I stood in front of the hotel for the Foxbridge wolves trying to ignore the way my hands trembled at my sides.The building towered over the street. Luxury cars lined the front drive, and guards in dark uniforms stood at every entrance, watching everything with sharp, suspicious eyes.For a se
And she was laughing. She was laughing with another guy.I gripped the edge of the table so hard my knuckles cracked.“Relax,” Ryder said lazily, though I could hear the edge of mockery in his tone. “It’s just a car wash. What’s the matter, Blackthorn? Your little stray not behaving like the good, o
Kai.I could not focus. The pens in my hand blurred against the endless jerseys and notebooks shoved my way. Every time I tried to scrawl my name, my eyes betrayed me, darting back to her.Aria.She was across the lot, bent over a car hood, a sponge in her hand, her hair tied back in a ponytail. The
I shook my head violently, tears spilling fast now. “Stop. Don’t say things like that. Don’t look at me like that when you’re already taken. It’s cruel, Kai. It’s cruel to me. And it’s cruel to Serena.”Her name hung in the air between us, sharp as a blade.Kai flinched like I had struck him. For th
Kai.I stood in the middle of the big car park, surrounded by too much noise and too many people. Music blared from the speakers at the far end, bass shaking the ground under my shoes. Food stalls lined the edges of the lot, filling the air with the smell of fried dough, sugar, and roasted meat. Ev







